What are you hoping to gain from your time at Michigan? To take advantage of your experience, ALA 171: Making the Most of Michigan, is a 7-week activity-based course designed to help students get involved, meet people, and present themselves professionally to the world at large.

Students in the course:

Visit and learn about resources across the university campus

Create online portfolios that detail their goals, aspirations, and key experiences and connect them to career networking tools such as LinkedIn, Handshake, and UCAN

Explore social identities and build important communication skills across differences

Grow as leaders in the diverse Michigan community

Facilitated by upper-level students, this course creates an environment for students to share perspectives and ideas. It is recommended for all first-year students. Ultimately, Making the Most of Michigan is making Michigan yours!

Course Requirements:

Attend class weekly, complete assignments, and participate in a Portfolio showcase during the last class session.

Syllabi are available to current LSA students. IMPORTANT: These syllabi are provided to give students a general idea about the courses, as offered by LSA departments and programs in prior academic terms. The syllabi do not necessarily reflect the assignments, sequence of course materials, and/or course expectations that the faculty and departments/programs have for these same courses in the current and/or future terms.